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... 298 APPENDIX D ALAKA MALWADE BASU is senior research associate at the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. Her major research work is in the social and cultural context of demographic behavior and the political context of population research and policy, especially the interrelationships between women's status and demographic behavior.
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... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 299 Thailand, Myanmar (Burma)
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... 300 APPENDIX D the Diploma of Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, and certificates and aggregation in pneumophtisiology from the Faculty of Medicine in Paris.
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... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 301 several local New York City and State non-profit organizations. He has served as president of the New York Obstetrical Society and chair of the executive board of the American Public Health Association and is currently chair of the Alan Guttmacher Institute and president of the Association of Schools of Public Health.
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... 303 A Abortion access to, 108-109 access to contraception and, 112 care for complications of, 112 data collection, 114-115 extent of unsafe practice, 95-96 for gender selection, 109-110 legality, 108-109, 112 maternal morbidity and mortality, 95, 96, 118 as measure of unwanted pregnancy, 95 quality of care, 109 reducing iatrogenic infection in, 6, 72 septic, 79, 80 service linkages, 158 sex-selective, 110 strategies for improving safety, 7 techniques, 109 training of health care professionals, 109 utilization, 2, 15, 95 Accountability, 10, 187 Index Adolescents norms for sexual behavior, 25, 26-27 initiation of sexual activity, 64-65 pelvic inflammatory disease risk, 54 Africa, 14 access to maternity care, 130, 131, 138 AIDS/HIV prevalence, 2 fears of STD, 24 female genital mutilation, 32, 33 gender differences in postpartum sex, 22-24 infertility prevalence, 87 maternity care, 139-140 pregnancy outcomes, 116 programs for promoting healthy sexuality, 39 public awareness of contraception methods, 106 reproductive tract disease, 45, 46-48 sexual behavior standards, 28 sexual violence, 30 unmet need for contraception, 100101 unwanted or mistimed births, 6, 89

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